Shooting victim on mend in jail

North County Times

VISTA —— A man who was shot four times at close range earlier
this month in gang-related violence was released from the hospital
Monday and then arrested by Oceanside police on an outstanding
arrest warrant, a Vista sergeant said this week.

The shooting occurred at 12:25 p.m. June 17 outside a Popeyes'
Fried Chicken in the Tri-City Square shopping center at Emerald
Drive and West Vista Way.

The victim, whose name was not released, was sitting outside the
restaurant when the shooter approached him at a table, spoke to him
and fired four shots at close range. A Popeyes' employee was grazed
in the foot by one of the bullets.

Vista Sgt. Scott Miedecke said the 20-year-old Oceanside man was
hit in the back of the neck and the upper torso. He was treated at
a trauma hospital, then later arrested by Oceanside police for
violating probation, Miedecke said.

The shooting is still under investigation, Miedecke said.

A suspect in the shooting is described as young man, between
5-feet, 2-inches and 5-feet, 6-inches tall, wearing a black hooded
sweat shirt, white bandana, a white shirt pulled over his face, and
tan pants.